Making Contact

GroupAccount image

“Making Contact” digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), the award-winning radio show and podcast examines the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground, building a more just world through narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the environment, labor, economics, health, governance, and arts and culture.

Series

Series image
687 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.

Series image
12 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.


Pieces

Caption: a diagram of sex, sexuality and gender, Credit: Robin Hubbard
I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of wha...

Bought by WVAS, KQED, Boise State Public Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
In the aftermath of Northern California’s Tubbs Fire in 2017, undocumented families found support outside of traditional disaster service agencies ...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Indigenous Women made their voices heard during California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit. They rejected Brown’s support for m...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KQED, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A flag hangs from a highway overpass that reads “Estamos de pie,” in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017. , Credit: Airman 1st Class Caleb Nunez
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, we'll hear how one community kitchen grew into an island-wide network of mutual aid centers with the aim of re...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
While some Americans are mentally focused on the 2020 presidential election, all eyes seem to be on the rapidly approaching midterm election. With...

Bought by WVAS, WMPG, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
Despite the difficult picture painted by the news, there is hope for our planet. We cover several fights against refineries and market based soluti...

Bought by WVAS and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
This week, we hear from a woman who went to prison under El Salvador’s current abortion laws— some of the strictest in the world. And, one reproduc...

Bought by WVAS and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
This week, we explore the remarkable communities that arise in the aftermath of natural disasters; namely, Hurricane Sandy, and its impact on the R...

Bought by WRIR and WVAS


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Nomi Prins and Julianne Malveaux
This month is the ten year anniversary of the stock market crash of 2018. Nomi Prins talks about her new book, “Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigg...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Piece image
Formerly incarcerated people and officials in Pima County are joining efforts to send fewer people to jail. Meanwhile a federal program at the bord...

Bought by WVAS and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2